Barbados vs Papua New Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Barbados
65.74 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
72.76 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Barbados rank
70th
Papua New Guinea rank
67th
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time
- Barbados
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person against 65.74 BoP, current US$ per person in Barbados, a difference of 7.02 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 70th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7538 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.6548 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.099 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 1980s | 6.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.2867 BoP, current US$ per person | 6.18 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 1990s | 6.71 BoP, current US$ per person | -0.5184 BoP, current US$ per person | 7.23 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 2000s | 236.09 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 231.62 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 2010s | 441.22 BoP, current US$ per person | 31.99 BoP, current US$ per person | 409.23 BoP, current US$ per person | Barbados |
| 2020s | 47.29 BoP, current US$ per person | 121.55 BoP, current US$ per person | 74.26 BoP, current US$ per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Barbados or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person against 65.74 BoP, current US$ per person in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Barbados and Papua New Guinea?
- 7.02 BoP, current US$ per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Papua New Guinea?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
- Barbados ranks 70th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.